Feast your eyes on what a group of scientists claim is the Holy Grail of human evolution. A team of researchers Tuesday unveiled an almost perfectly intact fossil of a 47 million-year-old primate ...

OSLO, Norway, May 28 (UPI) -- Norwegian paleontologist Jorn Hurum says he paid nearly $750,000 for Ida the fossil, which he suspects is an evolutionary missing link. Hurum said he had no regrets ...

New Scientist met palaeontologist Jørn Hurum to ask him about the media frenzy over Darwinius masillae – better known as Ida – and about what lies ahead for the fossil ...

(Image credit: PLoS One, Hurum et al.) A discovery of a 47-million-year-old fossil primate that is said to be a human ancestor was announced and unveiled today at a press conference in New York City.

The first dinosaur fossil discovered in Norway is also the deepest one that has been found anywhere in the world. The 195-210-million-year-old specimen was found 2.3km (1.4 miles) below the floor of ...

In 2008, Hurum made news with the discovery of a short-necked, large-mouthed pliosaur informally dubbed "The Monster." Then, in a 2009 media blitz that included a History Channel documentary, ...

Palaeontologist Jorn Hurum, led the research into the 47 million year-old primate fossil, Ida. Dr Hurum tells Carrie Gracie about of the world of fossil trading and the bar room deals that brought ...

Jorn Harald Hurum, co-director of the dig, said he was taken aback by the sheer density of fossil remains in one area. "You can't walk for more than 100m without finding a skeleton. That's amazing ...